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. W. M. BALL.

Cultivator.

Patented Apr. 16, 1867.

No. 63,830. V

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WILLIAM M. BALL, OF MOBRISTOWN, INDIANA. Lam Patent No. 63,830, datedApril 16, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN GULTIVATOES.

TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM M. BALL, of Morristown, Shelby county, inthe State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful improvementsin Cultivators; andI hereby declare that the following is a true, full,aud exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

In the annexed drawings, which-make a part of this spccification Figure1 gives a side View of my cultivator.

Figure 2 is a front view of the hindmost standard.

My cultivator consists of head: A and handles d, which are constructedin a manner similar to those in common use. 0 represents the standards,to which the shovels are attached. The middle standard 0 is let into thebeam A at top, and firmly secured in position by an iron screw-bolt. Thefront standard G is bolted to the side of the beam A, and then curvesoutward sufficiently far to throw the descending shank, to which theshovel is attached, as far to the right of the middle standard as isrequired. The rear standard 0 is placed on the opposite side of the beamfrom front standard 0, and is curved in a similar manner in order tothrow the shovel attachment as far to the left of the middle standard Cas the front standard is to the right. The front and rear standards arebraced to the beam A by iron rods 6, the upper end of said rods beingbolted to the side of the beam A, and the lower ends, after passingthrough their respective standards, are secured by a nut. The middlestandard G is braced by a single rod in the manner above described. Therear standard has an extension or arm, S, reaching upwards andpenetrating the round or-bar e, which binds the plough handles together.A screw-thread is cut on the end of said arm S, and upon this screw twonuts are adjusted one nut being above the bar 0, (see fig. 2,) and theotlihr below it. By the arrangement of these nuts the handles cl can beraised or lowered so as to suit the height of the ploughman'.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

L The arm S, provided with screw-thread and nuts 13, as described, incombination with bar e, for the purpose herein specified.

2. The arm S, provided with screw-thread and nuts t, the bar e, handle(1, standards C C O, braces Z1 6 25, and beam A, when the whole arecombined, arranged, and operating in the manner and for the purposesubstantially as herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I set my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM M. BALL.

Witnesses:

O. F. Frrcn, S. A. COLLINS.

